The knocking sound was getting closer and closer to Xiao Li, and the invisible "person" was knocking on the wall beside his ear, and every blow felt like it was hitting his heart.
Xiao Li didn't react at first, but after the sound was clearly separated into different intervals and tones, a guess emerged in his mind - Morse code
The little ghost in this room seems to like this kind of clues hidden below, instead of saying it outright, even the last time he urged him to go, he had to write a not very good hidden poem - if there is a chance , Xiao Li wanted to give the other party a book called "How to Write a Good Poem (Primary Edition)".
After the last short syllable, the other party stopped beating, and the nearly broken teddy bear slowly took back the original white paper, crumpled it into a ball of paper, and threw it into the corner.
Xiao Li recalled the number of times the percussion sound stopped, one long sound, short one—N, E, W, S, P, A, P, E, R... Newspapers!
Xiao Li visited the whole building during the day. There was no library, but a reading room. At that time, it was clean and tidy, and there were no extra books.
If it is related to newspapers, then the biggest possibility is also in this place.
He picked up the flashlight and went to open the door directly. Just as Xiao Li turned around, a weak resistance acted on the corner of his clothes, as if the invisible "person" grabbed the corner of his clothes-height The black-haired child who had just reached the doorknob stopped: "Do you still want to play?"
In that huge mirror, the teddy bear turned around silently at some point, staring at Xiao Li with that shaky button eye.
The invisible "man" did not answer, and no toys fell.
Does this mean... don't want to play? But he wouldn't let him go.
Xiao Li doesn't know much about children. Even if he has a younger brother, Xiao Ming, he has never cared about each other, let alone taking children. He thought about it for a while, and hesitantly stretched out his hand towards the corner of his shirt. , some clumsily lifted the lump of air up.
- He used to watch the neighbors take children when he was a child, and it seemed that the children would be very happy when they were raised so high.
The other party was probably startled by his move and avoided it. Xiao Li couldn't touch anything, and the force that hindered his progress disappeared. The teddy bear's eye that was about to fall off swayed in the air. A circle, shaky.
Seeing this, Xiao Li opened the door and walked in the direction of the reading room in his memory.
While he was walking, Xiao Huangben, who had been quiet for a long time for some reason, suddenly woke up, exuding light and heat in his pocket, Xiao Li ignored it, and was going to find the reading room first.
The corridor of this building can't see five fingers. It is exactly the same as last night. However, the inconsistency is that someone's crying and crashing sounds are heard in the distance. The sounds seem to be separated by a long distance, and there are only faint movements.
Xiao Li came to the steps where the reading room was located, gently pushed open the door, and illuminated the world inside the door with the light of the flashlight.
It was a thick smear of blood. It was like stepping on a sea of blood. There were several spider silk-like ribbons hanging from the room, covering the entire reading room. Except for the podium and bookshelf at the front of the room, there were many Lots of tables and chairs.
Xiao Li walked very slowly, it was too slippery here, if he fell, he wouldn't have any clothes to change.
The faint light of the flashlight pushed forward little by little, and there was no trace of any newspapers and magazines in conspicuous places, not on the bookshelf or in the lectern, and there were leftover candy wrappers and scraps of paper in the table.
Finally, Xiao Li found a stack of newspapers in the trash can closest to the inner corner. It was a stack of local evening newspapers. It was a year ago. Second-rate.
The headline on the front page of the newspaper was "The local hot summer has been more than three months, and the weather forecast says that the temperature will drop in several months", and then followed by gossip after another. It seems that there is no information related to the orphanage.
Xiao Li was quite patient, flipping through them one by one until he stopped in the corner of one of the newspapers, which was a very small page: "Zhu Fei, the famous rich man in this city, died innocently and tragically, the cause of death is unknown, just before the accident. Donated more than 5 million RMB", followed by a personal introduction to Zhu Fei. In this report, Zhu Fei is a kind person and often sponsors orphanages to help orphans find new homes. Unfortunately, he was found tragically dead in his home recently. The police are rushing to solve the case.
Riches, groups, marks, and the division of day and night—
These few things formed a line in Xiao Li's mind.
He closed the newspaper and was about to throw it back into the trash, when he saw a vision flashing in front of him—
It was a child with long bangs that almost completely covered his eyes. He said to the little girl beside him at the door of the reading room: "Ni Ke, let's go to the toy room and play with me for a while, okay? "
The little girl is very thin, but she looks cute and cute, with horns and braids: "What to play? How do you know how to play? Teacher Wang said that I will be adopted soon, and I will be leaving this weekend. After I leave, you will Who are you playing with?"
The little boy said: "...you have to go too."
"Well, it's the peak season recently, and many uncles and aunts want to adopt a second child," the little girl rubbed her apple-like face, "you have to work harder, cut your hair first, it's uncomfortable to look at. already."
The little boy didn't speak. He raised his head and glanced at his companion beside him, biting his lip: "Don't go."
"what?"
"If you leave, you won't be able to come back." The little boy said vaguely, "Listen to me, don't leave..."
"What are you talking about?" the little girl said in surprise, "I'll come back to see you when I'm free."
At this time, a middle-aged man in a white coat walked over to the door of the reading room. He had a stethoscope hanging on his chest. He stood by the podium and waved to the little girl named Ni Ke: "Come on, Ni Ke, it's time."
The little girl laughed and ran towards him.
The remaining little boy slowly buried his face in his arms.
The illusion disappeared.
Xiao Li pursed his lips, he didn't go out directly, but stayed here for a while, took out the little yellow book from his pocket, looked at it a few times, and saw a line of words written on the pale yellow page: [I also want.]
[Can't hug others.]
[… You can only hug me.]
Xiao Li: "... What do you want, kiss and hug?"
Xiao Huangben: [I want all of them.]
[I also want to go deeper, such as wanting you.]
Xiao Li: "..."
He used to think that Xiao Huangben was a female ghost, so he regarded the other party's words as some undue admiration, but now he has linked the existence of Xiao Huangben to the man who suddenly appeared, Looking at these words at this time, he felt that it was even more subtle.
Xiao Li then wrote: "Are you him?"
He didn't say who it was, but he knew the other party could understand.
Xiao Huangben paused, Xiao Huangben was thinking about how to respond, Xiao Huangben turned a page, and Xiao Huangben was pretending to be dead.
Xiao Li snorted coldly, stuffed Xiao Huangben back, and was about to walk out of the reading room to go back to the dormitory, but he hadn't stepped out yet, only to hear the sound of footsteps coming closer and closer from outside the door, and another person was approaching here— Xiao Li raised his eyebrows slightly, he turned off the flashlight, took back his steps, just stood in the corner, watched the figure approaching here, and then walked in.
That figure was a child, with a beautiful appearance and black hair, it was Xu Ying.
Xiao Li was standing in the corner. At this time, he was standing in the corner, almost blending with the darkness, and he could not be seen at all until he was in front of him.
Xu Ying held her mobile phone in her hand and was checking the place behind the podium. Perhaps because of her nervousness, her breathing was heavy.
She didn't dare to make a sound, so she had to walk forward step by step. At the same time, for fear that she would make a noise and attract the ghost, Xu Ying covered her mouth with her other hand.
Xiao Li watched for a while, and before the other party was about to bump into him, he turned on his flashlight as a greeting.
In the boundless darkness, another beam of light suddenly appeared in front of Xu Ying. The beam of light was still facing one person's chin, illuminating the other person's face from bottom to top. Xu Ying was almost scared. The seven souls were all scattered - if it wasn't for that hand still covering her mouth, she would have screamed!
The next second, Xiao Li turned off the flashlight again sparingly: "Miss Xu."
Xu Ying took three steps back. She was about to drop her phone just now. She vigorously touched her chest: "Why are you here?!"
"I got a clue, come here to have a look." Xiao Li explained, seeing that Xu Ying was really frightened, he rarely said a few more words, "I heard footsteps, I don't know if it was a ghost or a ghost, and it died. Light, you won't know it's you until you come in."
Xu Ying was still a little sullen at first, thinking that this person was deliberately pretending to be a ghost, but after hearing this, she was not angry, and focused on the other party's first sentence: "You got the clue?"
Xiao Li pointed to the trash can beside him, and said nothing.
The little girl bent down and picked up the newspaper inside, and turned it page by page. She also stopped at the report about Zhu Fei. Xu Ying showed a look of "as expected". She raised her head and turned the calm Xiao Xiao in front of her. Li looked at it and couldn't help but ask, "Where did you get the clue?"
Xiao Li: "Playing with a ghost for a while, I won."
Xu Ying: "..."
Xu Ying: ? ?
Xu Ying: "You play with a ghost for a while? How do you play?"
"Gobang." Xiao Li said.
The little girl was silent again—Xu Ying is a very powerful senior. She has used her own mind to save danger many times. She also has a lot of props, and has seen all kinds of people, but she has never met before This Sherlock is... such a strange person.
So, this person disappeared when he was in the group before, is it also because of his specialness
The way she found it by herself was very simple and stupid. She bypassed the stairs where the accident happened and found it from room to room. She has been to every room in front of her, some just glanced at it roughly, and some checked it carefully, but she didn't expect to bump into Xiao Li here - well, this person is unfathomable, and it's time to discuss with him. Check out the truth here.
Thinking of this, Xu Ying said decisively, "I already know the truth here."
She raised her chin slightly when she spoke, with a hint of show off.
She has always been known to be smart. Although she is very jealous of Sherlock and has the intention to win over her, she was not willing to find the clues first by outsiders this time, and Sherlock missed what happened after the grouping and wanted to come to the right. The truth is also poorly understood.
Xiao Li: "Then?"
Xu Ying was stunned by his question.
The author has something to say: Xiao Huang Ben: He doesn't seem to like that man's appearance, so I still don't admit it.